One of the first climbs of Mount Nebo -- by horseback, from the west side, in 1887

PERHAPS the first published account of a climb to the top of Mount Nebo, the tallest summit in the Wasatch Mountains, was in the Deseret News of Aug. 3, 1887. And, it was mostly done on horseback from the west side.
"Mount Nebo. An interesting account of the ascent of this majestic peak" was the headline. Dr. Park, J.H. Paul, both of Salt Lake; F.W. Chappell, T.L. Foote, Mr. Noble and Mr. Field, all of Nephi, were the climbers.
This early trek, on July 22, 1887, started at Mona, on the west side of Mount Nebo, in contrast to modern climbs beginning on the east side. The group rode horses up Willow Canyon. They went to about the 6,700-foot level and then rested for the night and continued the morning of July 23. With horses, they were able to easily carry many supplies.

                                               The triple peaks of Mount Nebo.

"Ascending over gravel beds, rocks and drifted soil, through oak-brush, maples, plues and groves of quaking ass, past witches' rocks and over fields of broken, shifting slate,; along narrow trails facing a steep descent of a thousand feet, past great precipitous ledges, and tolling up the last cone-like steep, we reached the apex of Mt. Nebo -- the giant of the Wasatch Range. A cold wind from over several snowbanks saluted and chilled us." the story stated.
"The light atmosphere made the smallest amount of clambering around the mountain very laborious and most of the party complained or headache or dizziness and cold feet. 
While the writer agreed that this Mount Nebo didn't have the religious history of the original peak in the Old Testament, "it far surpasses it in physical grandeur," he wrote.
On the summit, the story stated, "We could see Fountain Green, Moroni, Ephraim, part of Manti, Mount Pleasant, Nephi, Leamington, Moria, Deseret, Goshen, the west fields of Santaquin, Provo, American Fork, Lehi and the cemetery of Salt Lake City."
(The cemetery view seems unlikely, though.)
The group measured the temperature as 24 degrees and saw six-foot deep snowbanks near the summit.
The story ended with, "Altogether, Mt. Nebo is not difficult of ascent, but is not safe to those unaccustomed to the saddle and far too rough and hazardous for ladies. Our train of seven horseman made a pretty sight along the steep serpentine trail, down which some of the Nephi horsemen occasionally rode at breakneck speed."
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